By Michael del Castillo, The cameras were rolling as Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd set fire to the computer he'd just used to help...

By Jamie Redman, A new startup called Everex, a financial inclusion blockchain remittance company, aims to nourish the 3.5 billion...

Will Lightning Network Goes Live? By Alyssa Hertig, There aren't many steps left before bitcoin's Lightning Network will be finished – or...

  By Stan Higgins, The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has published a patent application submitted by bitcoin startup...

By Jamie Redman, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has officially announced a partnership with fintech firm R3. The joint effort...

By Stan Higgins, The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a new white paper on distributed ledger tech. The HKMA, which is...

By Alex Sunnarborg, Golem, one of the latest ethereum-based projects and blockchain assets, is set to begin its public crowdfunding today....

By Alyssa Hertig, A long-proposed bitcoin feature called 'sidechains' may soon take a big step forward thanks to a pair of proposals. The...

  By Michael del Castillo, Veteran bitcoin lawyer Carol Van Cleef has a new job. The former partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips...

By Stan Higgins, The World Economic Forum has created a new working group focused on blockchain co-chaired by the former president of...

  By Michael del Castillo, "Papers, please" is a phrase with the power to send shivers through the spines of immigrants and travelers...

The Guinness World Record-winning spectacle involves the use of 500 drones flying simultaneously, piloted by one person using a single...

  ... Blips on Campaign Radar By Stan Higgins, As the US election ramped up last summer, the editorial team began to wonder: Given...

  By Charles Bovaird, Clinton or Donald Trump? While America may be undecided, there's a widespread belief among bitcoin investors...

... “Buy Gold,” No Matter Who Wins Election. The government of China has been the world’s largest buyer of gold over the past 10 years....

By Jamie Redman, China’s first online insurance company ZhongAn has officially announced its ZhongAn IT Services subsidiary. The newly...

By Michael del Castillo, Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) has revealed new blockchain technology it believes could one day connect the world's...

 ...At Levels Last Seen During The Great Depression! KWN - This year the Gold/Oil ratio hit all-time highs, shattering the record from the...

 ...And Why Gold Will Skyrocket As It Anchors New Monetary System King World News, Here is a look a China’s stunning global game-changer...

By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Rootstock is now available on seven of Jaxx’s platforms. Anthony Di Iorio, CEO of Jaxx, announced the Rootstock...

By Jamie Redman, Switzerland-based blockchain content distribution network DECENT has just launched its web application prototype. DECENT...

By Evan Faggart, Virtual Accelerator concept EtherCamp plans to provide not only a decentralized method of competition, but fundraising as...

By Matthew Spoke Matthew Spoke is CEO and founder of enterprise blockchain startup Nuco. He is a bitcoin and ethereum enthusiast, who has...

By Eric Mu, It was not entirely an idle joke when one speaker at China's first miner conference quipped that if the audience decided to...

By Catherine Wong US-educated Jason Chau describes trials and tribulations of bringing a new product and service to mainland China. The...

By Jamie Redman, Distributed computing firm Suchflex launched in August, promising to aggregate idle compute cycles from computers and...

By Scott Collie, More details about the charging corridors to run across America have been released. The Obama Administration has...

BY STEPHANIE MLOT Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Skype are being throttled. Access to social media and messaging...

By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin wallet Airbitz just announced a partnership with the Wings Project (wings.ai). Wings is a platform that enables...

By Jamie Redman, A blockchain platform called Iroha, created by members of the Japanese startup Soramitsu, has recently joined the Linux...

  By Alyssa Hertig , At its core, bitcoin is about giving users better control of their money. Often called "programmable money",...

by ANDY GREENBERG IN A SHOW of hacker team spirit in August of last year, Parisa Tabriz ordered hoodies for the staff she leads at Google,...

By Jamie Redman, The Bank of Canada has announced that it will soon publish the results of its own coordinated blockchain experiment. As...

By Jon Southurst, China observers have noticed a pivot in the national government’s approach to blockchain technology and even Bitcoin...

By C.C. Weiss "world's fastest SUV" claim The Land Speed Cruiser looks noticeably lower, but it doesn't necessarily look like a 2,000-hp...

By Pete Rizzo, Blockchain and digital currency lawyers Marco Santori and Patrick Murck have officially left Pillsbury Winthrop to join...

By Stan Higgins, The European Union is moving closer to establishing a dedicated task force focused on digital currencies. Late last...

Michael del Castillo, Microsoft will soon enter the next phase of its blockchain work with the formal launch of its Ethereum Consortium...

By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin company Circle Financial recently announced it’s expanding into Spain and Ireland. The firm is also focused on...

By Jamie Redman, Financial technology, Bitcoin, and blockchain startups may soon face regulatory oversight from the Office of the...

By Stan Higgins, Its national railway service may have already jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon, but Switzerland is taking a...

What is Zcash Worth? As Price Tops $1,000 Traders Remain Unsure By Charles Bovaird, Days after the launch of Zcash, the cryptocurrency...

By Stan Higgins, An effort to create a template for digital currency legislation in the US could be finalized by the end of the summer....

By Alyssa Hertig, Bugs are a normal part of software, but on ethereum, they may be uniquely hazardous. That may be the takeaway from an...

By William Suberg, New York regulators have issued just two BitLicense permits in the 18 months since the regulations became law, it has...

By Stan Higgins, A Brooklyn blockchain startup has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its work using...

By Michael del Castillo, There's soon to be a new man in charge of distributed ledger startup Ripple. Four years and almost $100m after...

  BY TOM BRANT, Henrik Fisker, who recently relaunched his namesake car company, today unveiled what he hopes will be a competitor to...

Most Have No Idea. The author of the article below wants to know, “How much money there is in the world?” It’s a great question. But the...

BY ALASDAIR MACLEOD There is little doubt that the rapid expansion of both dollar-denominated debt and monetary quantities since the...

BY ALASDAIR MACLEOD It is time to revisit the Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ), which totals US dollar money deposited in the banking system, the...

  By Jp Cortez, October 30, 2016 marks an important holiday in the Indian culture. Diwali begins. Diwali is one of the biggest...

By DANIELLE MUOIO & MATTHEW DEBORD The solar roofs that Musk showed off were installed on houses on Universal Studio’s famous backlot,...

  By Stephen Leeb With most markets on lockdown on Halloween trading day, here is a big picture view of where the world is headed....

By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Bitcoin, the blockchain, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and other Fourth Industrial Revolution...

By Jamie Redman, Israel-based blockchain 2.0 company Synereo recently announced some new innovations and a successful funding campaign...

By Jamie Redman, On October 21 the Internet suffered a severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. In fact, reports say nearly...

By Stan Higgins, Acquisitions of blockchain startups by some of Australia’s biggest banks might need approval in the future, according to...

By Stan Higgins, Visa isn't the only credit card issuer moving fast on blockchain. But while Visa is going it alone in releasing a B2B...

By Zaki Manian, The nascent business-to-business permissioned ledger industry is moving rapidly from pilots to real product development...

By Michael del Castillo, A tiny province in Switzerland is proving such a magnet for blockchain startups that it's increasingly being...

BY TOM BRANT Two AI algorithms successfully communicated without a third being able to overhear. Alice and Bob have figured out a way to...

by Sharon Gaudin LAS VEGAS -- In the next five years, every important decision, whether it's business or personal, will be made with the...

By Trevor Hill, The Storj team has expanded the beta-testing of its platform by implementing theHeroku cloud Platform-as-a-Service. The...

By Corin Faife, For Hillary Clinton's campaign, accepting bitcoin was "too libertarian".  Huh? Actions or the lack of action are louder...

  By JACK STEWART Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage at Universal Studios in LA this evening promising to make solar sexy. To that...

A trained driver was in the truck at all times, but never had to intervene for the entire 120-mile stretch of interstate. By Kacey Deamer,...

  BY ANGELA MOSCARITOLO Mozilla says the performance improvements will be so noticeable that 'your entire Web experience will feel...

  BY ANGELA MOSCARITOLO The hacker George Hortz's — developer of The Comma One, unveiled last month, was intended to be a $999...

By Kevin Helms, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global recently published a report detailing its view of blockchain technology. The credit...

By Allen Scott About Barry Silbert and DCG Besides being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and Crain’s, and making...

By Charles Bovaird, Bitcoin may be nearing annual highs, but newcomer Zcash stole the show this week, generating robust momentum even...

By Jamie Redman, BitPay has revealed a new partnership with Intel software services. During this week’s Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas,...

By Jon Southurst, User and newcomer-friendly wallet service iPayYou says it wants to help create a merchandising ecosystem for Bitcoin. To...

By William Suberg, A new version of decades-old Russian ponzi scheme MMM Global is appearing in Kenya. It promises investors 100% returns...

By William Suberg, UK bank Barclays has suspended the account of local cryptocurrency news resource Coinjournal without warning or...

By Jamie Redman MGT Capital Investments, led by John McAfee, has just signed a letter of intent with the mining firm Bitmain Technologies...

By Jamie Redman, The Austin, Texas-based software startup Stash Inc., has just announced the release of its first product — the “Stash...

By Jamie Redman, Singapore has become a hotbed for financial technology and blockchain innovation. This week, the Monetary Authority of...

By William Suberg, US cryptocurrency developer First Bitcoin Capital (FBC) has partnered with a merchant processor to enable bitcoin...

By Jamie Redman, Back in June MIT Media Lab tested certification authentication using the Bitcoin blockchain. After working on research...

By Stan Higgins, A US banking regulator has unveiled a broad innovation policy aimed at regulating startups working with blockchain and...

By Alex Sunnarborg, With the launch of Zcash today (and the speculation surrounding it) you may be wondering how the decentralized,...

By Michael del Castillo, A cryptocurrency with the promise to bring a new kind of anonymous digital transaction is expected to launch...

By SARAH SCOLES IF WE GET our way and really put humans on Mars in the coming decades, they’re going to need power. NASA has had concrete...

By Stan Higgins, The Australian government is looking to update its anti-money laundering laws to include bitcoin and other digital...

By Stan Higgins, The CME Group is launching two previously announced bitcoin price indexes next month. The exchange services operator said...

By Stan Higgins, A Japanese financial services group is set to launch the first bank-backed digital currency exchange. SBI announced today...

By Charles Bovaird, "Deafening." That's how market analyst Arthur Hayes describes the enthusiasm ahead of the upcoming launch of a new...

Alyssa Hertig, A small tweak to bitcoin could have a big impact. This has been the central point of contention in bitcoin's "block size...